We’d love your help in providing homemade Christmas cookies for our Christmas Eve reception, taking place after the 9 pm Candlelight & Carols service on Fri., Dec. 24. Sign up to help here and let’s get baking! Questions? Contact Louise Halsey @ [email protected]
Sundays, Dec. 5, 12, 19 & Christmas Eve As is often the case, December is full of special music! On Sun., Dec. 5, Ancora—the treble ensemble of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir—will join us during our 10 am worship service in the Sanctuary for a morning of vivid contemporary music. On Sun., Dec. 12, join us for carols (and …
For the Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 26, we’ll have a fun, relaxed Pajama & Piano Sunday! Roll out of bed and come in your coziest pajamas, sweats, or slippers. The service will intersperse music shared by Elizabeth Forsyth with a brief reflection from Rev. Molly. Feel free to bring pillows, blankies, sleeping bags, and stuffed animals for an extra cozy …
Rejoice! With a unanimous, in-person congregational vote on Sun., Nov. 21, 2021 Rev. Kelly Colwell was voted in as First Church Berkeley’s settled Minister for Digital Ministry and Beloved Community! How blessed we are!
Sat., Dec. 11, 9:30 am to 1 pmIn-Person, Loper Chapel All men, whether cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary, who’d like to participate in a retreat focused on male/masculine experience, are invited to attend an in-person holiday gathering on Sat., Dec. 11 from 9:30 am to 1 pm. New members and friends are welcome! Similar to our more recent virtual gatherings on Zoom, we’ll …
The worship team is aware that the sound quality in worship has been very uneven—we also know what effort it took some of you to get to in-person worship, and how frustrating it is when you can’t hear! It is very frustrating for those of us who created offerings for worship as well. We are working on an action plan …